Trains operate until quite late, shall there are no delays from your flight or whatsoever, you shouldn't be missing the last train.

I never used line pay, can't comment on that.

I bought my simcard from hello1010

Japan Unicom (5GB) Travel Prepaid SIM Card
15 Days | 5GB Data | Hotspot
RM76

5GB is more than enough to support my travel while im at japan, mostly using it for google map and some social media/streaming
Besides, the validity is 15 days

If you want to play it safe, try booking transfer service from klook or kkday if you have a bunch of people with you.
For my case, i have 8 person and i secured a van via klook for around RM700 straight to my destination

Other than that, feel free to take the train (might need to rush if you delay occured)

KIX got shop that sell sim or wifi but i think most shop closed at 10pm or 11pm

KIX to Namba shouldn't be problem to you, take Nankai Express can directly reach namba. Price like 1.2k yen i think. Half hour+ reach.

There's only both of us traveling to Japan for 12 nights and was thinking to get roaming man pocket WiFi for around RM150 but your mention of the Japan sim card got me thinking..

Edit: didn't realize it's RM156 for 1 person!

This post has been edited by -kytz-: Apr 29 2019, 10:46 AM

IMHO, the best roaming deal would be from Digi's Rm25 for 72 hour roaming pass which includes 2GB data and 30 Mins free roaming calls.

This post has been edited by TOMEI-R: Apr 29 2019, 10:43 AM

Yeah I used that for China but you know what? Roaming on that sim card really sucks a lot of juice!

Its because you use your phone to tether your internet. If you use it like you do in Malaysia, battery usage would be the same. Anyway, it saves you the hassle of getting a new sim card in the airport and the need to carry another phone to use that sim card with. I always use Digi and UMobile roaming whenever I travel. UMobile roaming is cheap too, Rm10/day unlimited roaming but Japan is not included.

This post has been edited by TOMEI-R: Apr 29 2019, 10:51 AM

I only tether a few times a day and each time for only 10-15 minutes but the battery drain is bad. Anyway, I used it only once so I might be mistaken plus I was using an old phone with rather bad battery life. So for you, the battery life is more or less the same?

Yes. My Oneplus 6 needs to be charged twice a day (from morning till need) if used to tether. If not, battery life would be around the same as per usage in MY. Anyway, would be best to try to bring a newer phone for usage in Japan as their 4G/LTE network is really fast and their coverage is superb.

So er, is anyone in Japan now? How's Golden week crowds?

sleep at home everyday, hence no idea probably can report back tomorrow if I managed to visit Toyama's tulip festival

Just get the sim, i encountered lots of issue with pocket wifi previously.
Device not working, not charging etc ... getting the sim is as simple as plug and play, + the coverage and speed is relatively good

**best if used in a dual-sim phone can use whatsapp application etc with msia number

This post has been edited by cckthechun: Apr 29 2019, 05:16 PM

The sim drains battery? I realized a similar issue and deactivated my 4G, and used the normal 3G instead. It helped a little, and i was told that under cold weather - its common for your phone batt to drain more than usual. Not a technical person so i'm not sure how true this is haha.

Ahhhh but SIM also potentially got problem ya so its not absolute i have encountered issues with both SIM and WIFI router before.
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Using a Pixel 3 XL and most likely getting an Aukey 10,000mAh PD powerbank which I hope is adequate for a whole day of usage in Japan.

Noted. Too bad mine doesn't have dual sim. So, if I use the Japan sim card, I can't use my whatsapp huh. Couple of years back I screwed up whatsapp when i click "change number" in whatsapp and all, all my messages got deleted. I think this was before whatsapp implemented the chat backup via google drive

Oh ya, the cold weather could be the culprit actually. Never thought of that. When I was roaming with Digi in China, the temperature was between 5-10C

If your 10000 mah powerbank is in good condition, it would be more than adequate to charge your Pixel 3 XL for two rounds which should be more than enough for daily usage. When you get back to your hotel or airbnb, you could turn tethering off and just connect to the wifi provided for. A worn battery would be the culprit of battery drain, rather than the cold weather.

This post has been edited by TOMEI-R: Apr 29 2019, 10:05 PM

It will definitely worth planning a trip to Ishikawa prefecture to see the floats!

https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-video/ct171...val-floats.html

Who wanna plan to japan to celebrate new year jan 1 & shop their fortune shopping bag can consider MAS now. Dec 29th or 31st KUL-NRT then Jan 6th or 7th NRT-KUL RM1199 return tix

This post has been edited by FreedomSeeker: Apr 29 2019, 11:32 PM

Only for those who doesn't need to work or have schooling kids haha

my brother is there. and he reported saying all bus/train totally full. road jam

until he whole day ended up paying money just to sit in bus